LETTER: Connecticut Now A Tyranny, All Weapons In State Control

April 05, 2013

Connecticut, where I grew up, was educated and where most of my family lives, has enacted the most extreme gun control laws anywhere in the U.S. [April 4, Page 1, "Historic Vote On Gun Laws"] These laws effectively take gun rights out of the hands of its citizens and place all weapons and ammunition in the control of the government.

I saw a movie once where only the police and military had guns -- it was called "Schindler's List." People need to read our history books and realize that the Second Amendment is not directed at protection against criminals as much as protection against our government.

Thomas Jefferson said that when governments fear the people, there is liberty, but when the people fear the government, there is tyranny. That is why the first thing a government does when it wants to take away people's rights is take away their guns.

Congratulations, Connecticut. It has now joined the ranks of other prominent gun control governments like those run by Stalin and Mao, and the worst thing is, none of these measures would have stopped Adam Lanza.

If they really wanted to stop mass shootings, they would have legislated the real problem, which is mental health.